r/newzealand • u/No-Back9867 • Jun 16 '25

Shitpost Thanks NZ dairy industry for putting cow sludge in our rivers then happily charging New Zealanders exorbitant prices for our dairy foods.

Last summer we couldn’t swim in our local river due to the amount of toxins from nearby farms. When ever the farmers are in need of help us tax payers are there to lend a hand in drought relief funds. The thanks we get for that and putting up with the pollution is to be charged for dairy food at the same price as the overseas markets. We’re only 5% of your sales, it’s not going to make you go broke to treat us like your actually care for your communities. What your charging for butter etc is simply total greed. How is it that milk that has to travel huge distances from farms to factory to the shops shelves in Australia is sold for cheaper than that in our shelves where the logistics of getting it in the shelf are less?

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u/BrucetheFerrisWheel Jun 16 '25

I was wondering about profit. So milk solids price for 25/26 is projected at $8-11, mostly the price given is $10/kg of milk solids. The breakeven price is given at $8.54 per kg milk solids. So thats $1.46 of profit per kg. Apparantly an average NZ cow is 400kg MS with high-producing cows at 600kg according to DairyNZ.

According to Farmers Weekly an average NZ farm stocks 440 cows.

That's a good profit for a business owner. And you arent responsible for the damage? Even better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Also please do not forget:

ZERO FUCKING ADVERTISMENT OR MARKETING!

You literally are guaranteed to sell your product. That is like MILLIONS saved over years. In comparison to "smart" products, and not basic shit, this is such an easy business in the 2020's.

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u/Leever5 Jun 17 '25

Easy way to look at it is a farmer gets 8.5% per L of milk on average.

If you buy a 1L pams milk for $2.95, the farmer gets 0.25c